After a successful Vietnam War series in the pages of Savage Tales magazine, called ‘5th to the 1st”, Jim Shooter gave Doug Murray’s pitch for a new, ongoing Vietnam War series the green light. 

Murray, a Vietnam War veteran himself, takes you deep into the jungles of Vietnam within the pages of The ‘Nam. He effectively uses the point of view of a green army recruit, Ed Marks, to establish the environment and atmosphere, and help create a connection with Marks and the people in his platoon.

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Created by writer Gerry Conway and artist Ross Andru, the Punisher made his first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #129 and would generate enough fan interest for several other appearances. However, it wasn't until 1986 that the Punisher would begin on a course that would spawn several titles and increase the popularity of vigilantes across the industry.

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Unfortunately in late 1985, Jim Shooter approved the X-Factor story line that reunited the original X-Men and would resurrect Jean Grey. The blame for bringing back Jean Grey has passed between John Burne, Chris Claremont, and Jim Shooter like a hot potato. Claremont didn’t like the idea at all and approached Shooter. However, according to Claremont, Shooter “felt the marketing arguments in favor of resurrecting Jean far outweighed what I felt was the critical damage being done to the canon.” 

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Prompted by the popularity of the character in the Saturday morning cartoon show, Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, the go-ahead was given for a four-issue miniseries. However, Uncanny X-Men #193 turned out to be her first appearance as this miniseries was published after that. Chronologically the first two issue happening before it Uncanny X-Men #193 and the last two after. This miniseries was more of a spin-off from the New Mutants rather than the Uncanny X-Men with the New Mutants making a guest appearance in issue #3. 
 

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“Elektra’s origin directly parallels that of Daredevil. Both of their lives were irrevocably changed by the loss of a father at the hands of a criminal. Each responded differently. Matt gained a resolve to seek out and battle crime. However, the pain was too great for the younger, less mature Elektra. She abandoned her ideals, and struck out against the world."
 

- Frank Miller, letter column of Daredevil #170